Their bodies were smaller and lighter in color, and their fingers and toes bore the rudiments of nails, which were entirely lacking among the males. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.火星公主.
On their arrival the Jew clothed the boy handsomely and instructed him in the first rudiments of his art. 哈里特·威尔逊.哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
Geography, as often taught, illustrates the former; mathematics, beyond the rudiments of figuring, the latter. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
The petals in the imperfect flowers almost always consist of mere rudiments, and the pollen-grains are reduced in diameter. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
But I, who had more experience, could plainly observe some rudiments of it among the wild _Yahoos_. 乔纳森·斯威夫特.格列佛游记.
Meantime better instruments had been secured, and the rudiments of telegraphy had been fairly mastered. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
He was the first-born of Newland and May Archer, yet it had never been possible to inculcate in him even the rudiments of reserve. 伊迪丝·华顿.纯真年代.
It is, nevertheless, a frequent practice to start in instruction with the rudiments of science somewhat simplified. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
Nevertheless, in the Seraphic creature with the haymaking rake, were clearly to be discerned the rudiments of the Patriarch with the list shoes. 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.
For the workers of Myrmica have not even rudiments of ocelli, though the male and female ants of this genus have well-developed ocelli. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.